We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
It is pleasant at times to play the madman.
Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.